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The Unforgiven: Even John Huston Nods John Huston’s The Unforgiven (1960) can be said to pick up where John Ford’s The Searchers left off four years prior (both westerns are based on Alan Le May novels). The fundamental tension shifts …

The Unforgiven is a fascinating misfire—Huston’s attempt to interrogate the Western while still playing by its most stubborn rules.
#JohnHuston #AudreyHepburn #BurtLancaster #TheUnforgiven1960 #WesternFilms #ClassicCinema #FilmHistory #CinemaAnalysis
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Name the Demon and the Aesthetics of Boredom Like many a shoestring, found-footage horror flick, Name the Demon (2024) exists somewhere between genuine boredom and contrived coincidence. I’ll buy that due to an increase in both the demand for…

Like many a shoestring, found-footage horror flick, Name the Demon (2024) exists somewhere between genuine boredom and contrived coincidence.
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Crossed Over (2002) This review of Crossed Over is not the eulogy I would have wanted to give the late, great Diane Keaton. For what it’s worth, she could be, and often was, much better than this piece of manipulative…

Crossed Over wanted to be about forgiveness but settled for sentimentality. It asked for empathy without evidence, redemption without reckoning.
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Devil’s Whisper: Possession Without Purpose Devil’s Whisper (2017) director Adam Ripp watched The Exorcist and thought, “That movie needs more streetlamp.” I get it. It’s an iconic shot. But it’s just one shot. And Billy Friedkin didn’t shov…

Devil’s Whisper (2017) director Adam Ripp watched The Exorcist and thought, “That movie needs more streetlamp.”
#FilmCriticism #HorrorMovies #TheExorcist #DevilsWhisper #CinemaAnalysis #HorrorGenre #FilmDiscussion #MovieReview
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The New Literalism On this week's bonus episode, Sonny, Alyssa, and Peter discuss The New Literalism trend decried by Harvard professor Namwali Serpell. #Literalism #MovieTrends #NewTrend #HarvardProfessor #CinemaAnalysis #PodcastDiscussion

The New Literalism

On this week's bonus episode, Sonny, Alyssa, and Peter discuss The New Literalism trend decried by Harvard professor Namwali Serpell. #Literalism #MovieTrends #NewTrend #HarvardProfessor #CinemaAnalysis #PodcastDiscussion

Gladiator 2: A Triumphant Return or a Slight Miss in the Arena of Box Office Success? Ridley Scott's "Gladiator 2" has stormed into theaters with the intensity of a Roman legion, but has it conquered the box office as its predecessor did? Released in the shadow of box office giants lik...

Discover if "Gladiator 2" has truly reclaimed Rome's glory at the box office! From a strong international start to facing modern cinematic giants, here's the full analysis.

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